while--while i recognize the convenience of technology-- and technology really does make our lives a lot easier-- i also sometimes think it is a curse. >> i certainly think it's a blessing because, you know, without the technology, i'd have to be, you know, stuck in an office somewhere, right, either working on a pc that's tethered to a desk or working-- you know, making telephone calls from my work phone that's at my office. so i view this, you know, very much as a liberating factor. >> the downside, however, is that oftentimes, we really don't have substantive conversations when we come home. we will be sitting on our couch, each doing work. >> side by side but-- >> we'll send each other emails and ims... >> oh, yeah. >> to communicate. >> oh, come on. >> yeah, from one room in the house to the next. >> no. >> oh, yeah, sure. >> no. >> yeah, yeah. >> you're not even laughing. you think this is normal. this is what's most scary. you're just telling me this matter of fact. >> i don't think we're-- >> i don't--yeah. >> yeah. >> [laughing] yeah. >> it's normal. >> yeah. >> well, what a